Abstract: A medical image recording system easily obtains information of a device, etc. used at the time of an examination without conscious effort on operator's part, and records image information and the device information, which are obtained at the time of the examination, by making a 1-to-1 association between them. The system comprises at least an image information obtaining unit obtaining an observation image at the time of an examination for a medical treatment, a device information obtaining unit obtaining information of a device used at the time of the examination, and a recording unit recording information composing of the image information obtained by the image information obtaining unit and the device information obtained by the device information obtaining unit, as one associated information.

Abstract: This is the communication method of an image storage device for recording medical information. The communication method comprises a receiving information from a plurality of devices for providing at least one of setting information, status information, inspection image information and patient information, and transmits at least one of the setting information and status information or information obtained by processing the information, via a network, in addition to the inspection image information and patient information.

Abstract: A medical image recording system easily obtains information of a device, etc. used at the time of an examination without conscious effort on operator's part, and records image information and the device information, which are obtained at the time of the examination, by making a 1-to-1 association between them. The system comprises at least an image information obtaining unit obtaining an observation image at the time of an examination for a medical treatment, a device information obtaining unit obtaining information of a device used at the time of the examination, and a recording unit recording information composing of the image information obtained by the image information obtaining unit and the device information obtained by the device information obtaining unit, as one associated information.

Abstract: A medical image recording apparatus records an endoscopic image captured by an endoscope, and includes a generation unit for generating image data used for display data on a monitor, and a composition unit for combining the endoscopic image captured by the endoscope with the image data, and outputting the composition result to the monitor.